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Mafra.....dont get angry or offensive but
Nate Robinson has been a better combo-guard in the NBA in the previous 5 seasons than Felton 5 seasons as a PG.
Harrington veteran experience/first step off the dribble/overall IQ is ten times better than Randolph.
David Lee ambidextrous complimentary performance towards his teammates is just as high as Amare 20-10 stats.
Jordan Hill raw bigman performance is more athletic than Turiaf, plus will improve tremendously with playingtime the next two seasons.
NO OFFENSE> None taken at'all.
However, I wholeheartedly disagree with one thing: Comparing Nate Robinson to Raymond Felton is like comparing Ted Lilly to Mariano Rivera....
You're correct, Nate Robinson is the better scoring guard.
Here's what happened when we played the Bobcats at the beg. of last season (Game #3):
Felton: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 turnover, 2 steals.
Duhon: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 turnover, 1 steals.
N8: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnover, 0 steals.
The next time we played, Felton & Duhon had nearly identical games (aside from Felton having 4 mroe steals), while Robinson was a DNP. Of course, like the first game.... CHA won both games.
In the 3rd game, Felton exploded for 27 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 turnovers, 2 steals. He badly outplayed Duhon (N8 was another DNP).
In the 4th head-2-head matchup, Felton had an off night. Scored 10 points, with 9 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 turnovers and 4 steals. Robinson had 10 points and 7 turnovers and 1 assits. Duhon had 10 points and 6 assists, 3 turnovers and 1 steal.
Let's look back to March of the year before, when Felton came into MSG and led CHA to a victory. He had 19 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds & 5 turnovers. Duhon had 5 points & 3 assists. N8 had 20 points, 4 assists & 3 turnovers.
GET THE POINT? Whenever the two teams met, Felton was clearly the better play on the court. ATE DUHON for lunch, and was BETTER than Robinson. 5 game sis not a fluke. It's a reality!
In their careers (although Felton averages 10 more minutes played per game)
Nate Robinson: 12 ppg, 2.7 assists / 1.5 turnovers / 0.9 steals
Felton: 13.3 ppg, 6.5 assists / 2.6 turnovers / 1.4 steals
CLEARLY, Robinson is a better, more prolithic scoring machine; but he's also a bonehead with the basketball IQ of a snow pea. For every 30+ night explosion, there are countless evenings where he makes dumb passes, shots balls at his own basket, and simply wont even both to play defense.
YES. I said it. Dude has too much athleticism to be such a joke on defense. N8 is not nor will he ever be a PG. He wont make people better, he wont create for others....
AND... for my money.... consistently... night in and night out, I'll take Felton with the game on the line. Robinson could be so hot he's pouring in 20 points in the 4th quarter, but give him the rock with 15 seconds left and down by 1 point and I guarantee you his team is walking back to the locker room with the LOSS.
AS FOR DARKO. I also agree he should have been the starting C from Day-1. He was young enough, and a former lottery pick, where he should have been afforded an honest shake on this team heading nowhere. Darko-Lee should have been the C/PF duo, even if we got owned down low (we did anyway).
Chandler is not a SG. He's best when he's playing PF. I know its odd, but it is what it is. Hughes was our best SG last year, and maybehe should have played more..... but we do not know what goes on behind the scenes. Hughes wears out his welcome everywhere, so why not point the finger at him?
"Harrington veteran experience/first step off the dribble/overall IQ is ten times better than Randolph."
HUH? He cost us TWO games for showing off and hanging on the rim. AND, they are completely different players. AL averaged 6 points and 2 rebounds a game in his 2nd season. Randolph averaged 11 ppg & 6 rpg in his 2nd season. Freaking Randolph just turned 21 years old. He's making less than 2 million. AL is a perimter player, while Randolph plays in the post. I'll sign up for Randolph's future over AL's present. PLUS, he's an asset we might use to get a star here....
Randolph & Felton PLAY DEFENSE! We harp about that, but now we bemoan replacing N8 and Al with these two players? Sure, they cannot score like them, but they are more COMPLETE basketball players. Watch-learn-trust.
I might concede that Hughes is better than Azubuike. Maybe. Although I feel AZ will show he's also better (if healthy).
I think Gallo and Chandler will be happy to pick up the scoring load. N8 & AL scored and only looked for their points. Gallo & Wilson will step up, and having players like Felton-STAT around will make them better.... Duhon/N8-AL did not make them better..... Would not lead.... HENCE why we barely won 29 games, while Felton & STAT reached the playoffs.
"Everybody’s on the same page. The two guys that I came in with, Amar’e and Raymond, I worked out with them a little bit in Vegas. I honestly feel like everybody that’s on this team right now wants to get better, wants to work hard and win games, point blank." (Anthony Randolph)